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Death in the Water cover art

Death in the Water

Lighthouse Games Studio · 2019-10-10

SteamMicrosoft Store

ActionIndieSimulation

Modes: Single player

Releases: Oct 10, 2019 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

How long will you survive in this open water diving experience as you go head to head with terrifying Great Whites as they threaten to tear you apart?!

Death in the Water is a 2019 Action, Indie and Simulation game priced at $2.99, with a Mostly Positive review sentiment (72% of 307 reviews) and an estimated owner base of 20,000 .. 50,000.

0
playing now
72%
positive of 308 reviews
Mostly Positive
steam's rating (official)
20,000–50,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
60/100
IGDB user rating (0 ratings)
pending
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Unknown
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: 0
$2.99
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 22:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 0 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 26 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~3/week).
  • · Review velocity down 24% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 25% of 27,786 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-09-01

Estimated sales: 7.7k–18k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 308 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Microsoft Store$2.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $0.59 at Steam (2020-01-23) · bundled 1×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $2.99 · on sale 9 of 25 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
121220192026Week of 2019-10-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

102026-09-15 07:00 — 0 players2026-09-16 16:00 — 0 players2026-09-17 23:00 — 0 players2026-09-19 07:00 — 0 players2026-09-20 14:00 — 0 players2026-09-21 22:00 — 1 players2026-09-23 05:00 — 0 players2026-09-24 13:00 — 0 players2026-09-25 20:00 — 0 players2026-09-27 04:00 — 0 players2026-09-28 11:00 — 0 players2026-09-29 19:00 — 0 players2026-10-01 02:00 — 0 players2026-10-02 10:00 — 0 players2026-10-03 18:00 — 0 players2026-10-05 02:00 — 0 players2026-10-06 09:00 — 0 players2026-10-07 17:00 — 0 players2026-10-09 00:00 — 1 players2026-10-10 08:00 — 0 players2026-10-11 15:00 — 0 players2026-10-12 23:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 06:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 22:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$2.99$0.592019-10-022026-10-102019-10-02 — best price $2.992019-10-18 — best price $1.992019-11-26 — best price $1.792019-12-19 — best price $1.792020-01-23 — best price $0.592020-02-28 — best price $1.992020-04-02 — best price $1.292020-06-23 — best price $2.002020-08-03 — best price $1.992020-10-19 — best price $1.492020-12-14 — best price $1.042021-02-03 — best price $2.992021-04-10 — best price $1.992021-05-31 — best price $1.042021-07-17 — best price $2.992021-09-29 — best price $1.292021-11-24 — best price $1.192022-01-10 — best price $1.042022-02-28 — best price $1.192022-06-13 — best price $1.492022-09-19 — best price $1.342022-12-12 — best price $1.492023-03-06 — best price $1.942023-05-29 — best price $1.492023-09-04 — best price $1.492023-12-04 — best price $1.492024-03-14 — best price $1.192024-06-27 — best price $1.342024-10-28 — best price $1.192024-12-20 — best price $1.342025-03-13 — best price $1.192025-06-27 — best price $1.492025-09-29 — best price $1.492026-01-12 — best price $1.492026-04-06 — best price $1.492026-07-20 — best price $1.492026-09-26 — best price $2.992026-10-10 — best price $2.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

5
achievements tracked
56.4%
earned "Killed 5 Sharks"
22%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam LeaderboardsFamily Sharing

10 supported languages: English, French, German, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Turkish, Spanish - Spain

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)40759%5

Players tracked by Exophase (achievement/trophy trackers) — a sample of the player base, not total sales.

Player tags

3DFPS6DOFGoreIndieActionArcadeHorrorViolentSurvival

Census log

Computed from census-recorded observations only — dates are observation dates.

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Similarity via IGDB.